\name{combine} \docType{methods} \alias{combine,beadLevelData,beadLevelData-method} \alias{combine,ExpressionSetIllumina,ExpressionSetIllumina-method} \title{Combine two objects.} \description{ Combine two seperate objects into a single object. } \usage{ \S4method{combine}{beadLevelData,beadLevelData}(x, y) \S4method{combine}{ExpressionSetIllumina,ExpressionSetIllumina}(x,y) } \arguments{ \item{x}{An object of class \code{\link[=beadLevelData-class]{beadLevelData}} or \code{\link[=ExpressionSetIllumina-class]{ExpressionSetIllumina}}.} \item{y}{An object of the same class as \code{x}.} } \value{ Returns an object of the same class as the two inputs. } \details{ The \code{combine} function allows two objects of the same class that have been created seperately to be combined into one. } \examples{ if(require(beadarrayExampleData)){ data(exampleBLData) sectionNames(exampleBLData) data2 <- combine(exampleBLData, exampleBLData) sectionNames(data2) data(exampleSummaryData) d1 <- exampleSummaryData[,c(1:4)] d2 <- exampleSummaryData[,c(5:8)] d3 <- combine(d1, d2) d3 } } \author{Mark Dunning, Mike Smith} \keyword{methods}